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Critical conditionsCritical conditions

Critical conditions1998

Stephen White

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Summoned to the hospital to learn the motives behind a teenage girl's suicide attempt, psychologist Alan Gregory discovers that the girl's young stepsister lies near death in another hospital with a heart disease. Denied an experimental new treatment that could save her life by her parent's managed-care provider, the stepsister has become a symbol of a health care system more concerned with costs than with the lives of its patients. And when a wealthy executive of the family's HMO is found dead, Alan and Denver detective Sam Purdy uncover the truth that links the teenage girl to his death, and the truth behind a family willing to kill in the name of love...and revenge.

Details

First published
1998
OL Work ID
OL14847926W

Subjects

FictionTeenage girlsSuicidal behaviorManaged care plans (Medical care)Alan Gregory (Fictitious character)SistersForensic psychologyClinical psychologistsPsychologistsLarge type booksFiction, mystery & detective, generalColorado, fictionGregory, alan (fictitious character), fictionFiction, medicalBoulder (colo.), fictionFiction, thrillers, generalSisters, fiction

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